12:24 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Warriors forward Draymond Green suffered a right thigh contusion in the third quarter of Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves and was ruled out for the rest of Golden State’s 123-110 win. “He got a quad contusion that was pretty nasty,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after the game.
12:00 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Butler left the Miami Heat‘s 120-117 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night with a sprained right ankle. Butler scored seven points while playing the entire first quarter, but the Heat ruled him out for the rest of the game. Butler began the
1:25 AM ET Jamal Collier CHICAGO — After the Chicago Bulls racked up yet another quality victory Wednesday night — the latest, a 117-107 triumph over the Dallas Mavericks at the United Center that moved them to 8-3 on the season — their opponent took note of the way this new-look team has meshed so
1:40 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — After Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau benched his starters for the entire fourth quarter of Wednesday’s 112-100 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, he dismissed the idea that they need more time to develop chemistry with each other. “You know what they say: When it’s 10 games, they say
12:23 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Throughout the New Orleans Pelicans‘ much maligned start to the 2021-22 season, coach Willie Green has tried to stay positive about the direction in which his team is headed. But after a 108-100 loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night in which his team picked up five
News Ashes hopeful suffers low-grade hamstring strain less than a month out from the first Test Queensland are hopeful Test aspirant Michael Neser will still be available for the first Ashes Test after suffering a minor hamstring strain on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at the Gabba. Neser suffered
9:29 PM ET Associated Press CARSLBAD, Calif. — Stuck at home while his Atlanta Braves won the World Series last week, Alex Anthopoulos wasn’t sure how to celebrate when his two young kids offered an idea: “They wanted us to pull out the Sprite and spray it all over the place,” he said. The age-appropriate
10:46 PM ET ESPN News Services CARLSBAD, Calif. — Left-hander Joely Rodriguez and the New York Yankees agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract Wednesday night, three days after New York declined a $3 million option in favor of a $500,000 buyout. In addition to his salary, Rodriguez can earn $250,000 in performance bonuses for
7:52 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Chicago’s Liam Hendriks earned his second straight Mariano Rivera Award as the American League Reliever of the Year on Wednesday, and Milwaukee’s Josh Hader won his third Trevor Hoffman Award as the National League Reliever of the Year. Hendriks had an 8-3 record and 38 saves in
7:43 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Houston Astros center fielder Jake Meyers had surgery Wednesday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, an injury that could delay his 2022 season. The 25-year-old was hurt on Oct. 12 in Game 4 of the AL Division Series at the Chicago White Sox when